CHAIR ; 

 RAPPORTEUR ; 



SPEAKER ; 

 PANEL; 



Rapporteur Report of the Olive Ridley Turtle 

 Status Panel Session 



Johan Schulz, Netherlands 



Dean Swanson, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 USA 



Henri Reichart, STINASU, Surinam 



Peter Button, San Diego State University, USA 



Jacques Fretey, Museum National d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, France 



Angela Marcovaldi, Institute Brasileiro 

 Desenvolvimento Forestal, Brazil 



Guy Marcovaldi, Institute Brasileiro 

 Desenvolvimento Forestal, Brazil 



Krishnepersad Mohadin, STINASU, Surinam 



Nadra Nathai-Gyan, Ministry of Food Production, 

 Marine Exploitation, Forestry & Environment, 

 Trinidad and Tobago 



The chair introduced H. Reichart who presented an overview 

 of the status of Lepidochelys olivacea. The Chair then invited 

 comments by panel members. 



MOHADIN ; 



All nests in Surinam had been counted from 1967 

 on, and the number of olive ridley nests had 

 declined steadily until 1987. He supplemented 

 Reichart 's data as follows; 



FRETEY ; 



In reviewing these data, N. Frazer thought the 

 fluctuations over the 20 year period could be 

 considered normal. Tagging started again in 1987, 

 and all countries were requested to report 

 recoveries to the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, USA. 



The best beach in French Guiana for olive ridleys 

 was studied in 1987, and a peak of 27 females per 

 night was observed, with a total for the 1987 

 season of approximately 400 nests. He agreed with 



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